Stock Market’s Major Indices Mixed amid SVB Uncertainties, Bank Trading Halts
Just the News The stock market’s major indices posted mixed results on Monday amid lingering uncertainty after the collapse of several regional banks and doubts about the planned federal intervention to avert a financial crisis. The DOW Jones Industrial Average...NewsGuard, Recipient of $750k Pentagon Contract, Denies It Is ‘Government Funded’
Breitbart News NewsGuard, the establishment “news-rating” project that presents itself to the public as an impartial authority on the trustworthiness of news publishers, is telling reporters that it is not “government funded” — despite receiving a $750,000 contract...
Catholic Civil Rights Group Condemns State Legislation to Force Priests to Break Seal of Confession
Bills in the states of Vermont, Delaware, and Washington would include, in mandatory reporting laws, information about child sexual abuse a priest learns during the Sacrament of Reconciliation, a move the Catholic League states lacks sound reasoning. Last week...
Biden Approves ConocoPhillips Oil Project Over Green Group Objections
by John Hugh DeMastri The Biden administration formally approved Willow, an $8 billion oil drilling project located in Alaska, Monday morning over the objection of climate activists who lobbied heavily against it. The massive project, operated by American...
Commentary: Donald Trump Reemerges as the Republican Alpha at CPAC
by Gavin Wax At the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Donald Trump demonstrated, once again, why he remains leader of the Republican Party. He made it clear that he should not be displaced until long after his 2024 presidential primary...
‘Corporate Bailouts Must End’: 2024 GOP Candidates Weigh In On Silicon Valley Bank’s Collapse
by Mary Lou Masters The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has sparked comments from 2024 GOP candidates and hopefuls about why the bank failed and what the government should do in its wake. Declared candidates, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former South...Exchanges Halt Trading of Several Bank Stocks, amid Volatile Trading after Two Banks Fail
Just the News Exchanges on Monday morning halted the trading of several bank stocks due to volatility, according to news reports. The stops in trading occurred shortly after the markets opened at 10 a.m. ET. and followed Silicon Valley Bank failing Friday and...
Ohio Republicans Reintroduce Bill Prohibiting Cross-Sex Hormones for Minors
Ohio Republican lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would ban providing minors puberty-blocking drugs and cross-sex hormones for “gender transitioning” which it’s sponsors postponed last November rather than rushing it through lame duck. House Bill (HB)...
Mastriano Bill for Train-Wreck Emergency Grants Passes Pennsylvania Senate Committee
Legislation to aid Pennsylvanians affected by the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment and chemical incineration passed a state Senate panel unanimously last week. State Senator Doug Mastriano (R-PA-Chambersburg) authored the bill and chairs the Senate Veterans...
General Motors to Offer Buyouts of U.S. Employees
by Scott McClallen General Motors announced Thursday it’s offering voluntary buyouts to some salaried U.S. employees. The automaker is looking to cut $2 billion in fixed costs by 2024 as the company transitions its manufacturing operations to produce...
Professor Argues Cancer Research Needs More ‘Antiracism’
by Thomas Stevenson Christabel Cheung, a professor at the University of Maryland, recently gave a presentation arguing that principles of “antiracism” must be incorporated into cancer research. The presentation came as part of a symposium hosted by...
Georgia House Passes Bill to Raise Unemployment Insurance Contributions
by T.A. DeFeo The state House voted 105-64 to pass House Bill 518, changing the required rate of unemployment insurance contributions that support the Georgia Department of Labor. The measure lowers the administrative assessment businesses pay from 2.7 percent...
Massive Skilled Labor Shortage Sparks Nationwide Refocus on Technical Education
by Jared Gould Awareness of the nation’s massive labor shortage problem is increasing. The problem is encapsulated by the latest news out of Kentucky, where one carpenter’s skills are in high demand. Charles Breedlove’s job “takes him everywhere …...
Three More States Dropping Voter Data-Sharing Collective as Trump Rips ‘Fools Game for Republicans’
by Natalia Mittelstadt Three more red states — Florida, Missouri, and West Virginia — this week followed Louisiana and Alabama in withdrawing from a multistate data-sharing partnership that facilitates voter registration and maintenance of voter rolls, citing...
Arizona High School’s Policy Tells Girls to Leave Their Locker Room If Uncomfortable with Trans Students
by Kate Anderson An Arizona high school has a policy allowing transgender students to change in their preferred locker rooms and telling female students to use alternative facilities if they are uncomfortable, according to emails obtained by the Daily Caller...
African White House Reporter Says He’s Being ‘Censored and Punished’ For Asking ‘Incompetent’ Karine Jean-Pierre Tough Questions
by Debra Heine The top White House reporter from Africa said Thursday that he is “censored and punished” by the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) for asking “totally incompetent” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre too many tough...
Smugglers Are Using Drones to Spy on Agents, Border Patrol Says
by Katarina Hall The U.S. Border Patrol said that smugglers are using drones to spy on its agents along the U.S.-Mexico Border between San Diego and Tijuana. “They’re gathering intelligence, they’re doing counter-surveillance on our agents, they’re trying to...
Commentary: Please, No More America-Hating Diplomats
by Simon Hankinson It would be illogical to put a Quaker, whose religion forbids violence, in charge of recruitment for the Marines. So why would we ask someone who despises the U.S. economic system in charge of recruiting American diplomats? Yet, recently, at...
Jackson Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine
A West Tennessee man was recently sentenced to 35 years in federal prison after being found guilty on four counts of a seven-count indictment for trafficking methamphetamine. Preston Antwan McNeal, 36, of Jackson formed and led a large methamphetamine trafficking...
As Lawmakers Mull Major School Policy Changes, Tennessee Education Commissioner Schwinn Keeps a Busy Travel Schedule
While Tennessee state lawmakers debate third-grade reading retention policies, and local school superintendents implement Tennessee’s new school funding formula, Tennessee’s Commissioner of Education continues to travel the country promoting...
